A while back, there was a guy on my local radio station talking about a game he has recently gotten started in: Geocaching. In case you aren't familiar with it, it involves using a gps to locate "hidden treasure" that other people have stashed. The treasure isn't really treasure, it's usually just some small container with some cracker-jack type prizes. The fun is in the hunt. Anyway, I tried it out for the first time yesterday and was reading about the topic on the official geocaching page ( <http://www.geocaching.com/> http://www.geocaching.com/) and they also have these things called "travel bugs", little dog-tags that are picked up, taken to a different cache, and left for someone else to pick up. The travels are noted and recorded on the web so anyone can track it's path. Often, the travel bug has a specific goal, perhaps making a trip across country or across an ocean. So, that got me to thinking, what if there were such a game (if there isn't already) among the sailing fraternity, a small object which travels by sailboat from place to place, getting stashed until another sailor seeks it out and delivers it on it's way. Sound like fun? Tod Mills M17 #408 BuscaBrisas
Tod- I think my brother and I found on of these things on top of a limestone ridge in S AZ a year ago. It was hidden in a rockpile and had a name, a date, and a code # of some kind. Of course we poured beer all over it (just kidding). Doing it in popular sailing areas sound like fun. I vote for the Sea of Cortez. Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <htmills@bright.net> To: "M-list" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: M_Boats: A zany proposal A while back, there was a guy on my local radio station talking about a game he has recently gotten started in: Geocaching. In case you aren't familiar with it, it involves using a gps to locate "hidden treasure" that other people have stashed. The treasure isn't really treasure, it's usually just some small container with some cracker-jack type prizes. The fun is in the hunt. Anyway, I tried it out for the first time yesterday and was reading about the topic on the official geocaching page ( <http://www.geocaching.com/> http://www.geocaching.com/) and they also have these things called "travel bugs", little dog-tags that are picked up, taken to a different cache, and left for someone else to pick up. The travels are noted and recorded on the web so anyone can track it's path. Often, the travel bug has a specific goal, perhaps making a trip across country or across an ocean. So, that got me to thinking, what if there were such a game (if there isn't already) among the sailing fraternity, a small object which travels by sailboat from place to place, getting stashed until another sailor seeks it out and delivers it on it's way. Sound like fun? Tod Mills M17 #408 BuscaBrisas _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
I you guys want to talk to someone who is "very" familiar with geocaching, drop a note to Shorty Pen at http://www.shortypen.com .....he is a geo guru AND a sailin nut like the rest of us............he would be tickled to death to help......... he has hidden some caches in and around some of the bays on the Gulf Coast.....and they are still active as far as I know. Bill M15 Petite Fleur T C Boats.com B & L Associated Industries Bill Tosh Rt 1 Box 118-B Rusk TX. 75785 903-743-5555 http://www.tcboats.com ----- Original Message ----- From: jerry To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:04 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: A zany proposal Tod- I think my brother and I found on of these things on top of a limestone ridge in S AZ a year ago. It was hidden in a rockpile and had a name, a date, and a code # of some kind. Of course we poured beer all over it (just kidding). Doing it in popular sailing areas sound like fun. I vote for the Sea of Cortez. Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <htmills@bright.net> To: "M-list" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: M_Boats: A zany proposal A while back, there was a guy on my local radio station talking about a game he has recently gotten started in: Geocaching. In case you aren't familiar with it, it involves using a gps to locate "hidden treasure" that other people have stashed. The treasure isn't really treasure, it's usually just some small container with some cracker-jack type prizes. The fun is in the hunt. Anyway, I tried it out for the first time yesterday and was reading about the topic on the official geocaching page ( <http://www.geocaching.com/> http://www.geocaching.com/) and they also have these things called "travel bugs", little dog-tags that are picked up, taken to a different cache, and left for someone else to pick up. The travels are noted and recorded on the web so anyone can track it's path. Often, the travel bug has a specific goal, perhaps making a trip across country or across an ocean. So, that got me to thinking, what if there were such a game (if there isn't already) among the sailing fraternity, a small object which travels by sailboat from place to place, getting stashed until another sailor seeks it out and delivers it on it's way. Sound like fun? Tod Mills M17 #408 BuscaBrisas _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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